This study investigates the possibility that a new protocol based on the focal mechanical muscle vibration may reduce the risk of falling of elderly women. Methods: A pragmatic randomized controlled triple-blind trial with a 6-month follow-up after intervention randomized 350 women (mean age 73.4 years ? 3.11), members of local senior citizen centers in Rome, into two groups: vibrated group (VG) and control group (CG). For VG participants a mechanical vibration (lasting 10 min) was focally applied on voluntary contracted quadriceps muscles, three times a day during three consecutive days. CG subjects received a placebo vibratory stimulation. Subjects were tested immediately before (T0) and 30 (T1) and 180 (T2) days after the intervention with the Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA) test.Results: While CG did not show any statistically significant change of POMA at T1 and T2, VG revealed significant differences. At T2, &47 % of the subjects who completed the study obtained the full score on the POMA test and &59 % reached the full POMA score. Conclusions The new protocol seems to be promising in reducing the risk of falling of elderly subjects.
Focal muscle vibration as a possible intervention to prevent falls in elderly women: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial / Claudia, Celletti; Fattorini, Luigi; Filippo, Camerota; Diego, Ricciardi; LA TORRE, Giuseppe; Francesco, Landi; GUIDO MARIA FILIPPI,. - In: AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. - ISSN 1594-0667. - STAMPA. - 27:6(2015), pp. 857-863. [10.1007/s40520-015-0356-x]
Focal muscle vibration as a possible intervention to prevent falls in elderly women: a pragmatic randomized controlled trial
LUIGI FATTORINI;LA TORRE, Giuseppe;
2015
Abstract
This study investigates the possibility that a new protocol based on the focal mechanical muscle vibration may reduce the risk of falling of elderly women. Methods: A pragmatic randomized controlled triple-blind trial with a 6-month follow-up after intervention randomized 350 women (mean age 73.4 years ? 3.11), members of local senior citizen centers in Rome, into two groups: vibrated group (VG) and control group (CG). For VG participants a mechanical vibration (lasting 10 min) was focally applied on voluntary contracted quadriceps muscles, three times a day during three consecutive days. CG subjects received a placebo vibratory stimulation. Subjects were tested immediately before (T0) and 30 (T1) and 180 (T2) days after the intervention with the Performance-Oriented Mobility Assessment (POMA) test.Results: While CG did not show any statistically significant change of POMA at T1 and T2, VG revealed significant differences. At T2, &47 % of the subjects who completed the study obtained the full score on the POMA test and &59 % reached the full POMA score. Conclusions The new protocol seems to be promising in reducing the risk of falling of elderly subjects.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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